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How viable would a list built around chucking demo packs at the enemy be? Command squad with master of ordnance, Psyker battle squads, Marbo, and then a few platoons. Max special weapons squads with 3 demo packs each, in Vendetta transports. Drop from the air and fling ap2 large blasts at everything. Maybe take Al'Rahem in one of the platoons and outflank 2 of them. And then some deathstrike missiles because why not. Like:

Command squad /w Master of Ordnance, Astropath
2x Psyker Battle Squads
Marbo
2x Infantry Platoon /w 2 demo pack special squads, 2 infantry squads (blobbed), 1 conscript squad, 1 command squad
1 Infantry Platoon with Al'Rahem and above
Veteran Squads /w Demolitions doctrines and Sgt Harker
4 Vendettas (in 2 squadrons of 2)
3 Deathstrike Missile Launchers

Command squad in the back raining templates and helping with reserve rolls. Psyker squads raining more templates. Marbo being Marbo. Blobs of infantry holding ground, advancing, doing what troops do. Conscripts eating bullets in front. Al'Rahem outflanking with his guys, Vets infiltrating, Vendettas in reserve full of demo pack special weapons guys, Deathstrikes countin' down.

Would be plenty of large blasts to handle enemy blobs, high str ap2 to handle armor and TEQs, and lots of troops marching up the field. Plenty of anti-air with the vendettas, and deathstrikes in the back to eat all the enemy firepower. Yeah it's kind of gimmicky, but thoughts on actual effectiveness?

My friend used to run a Vendetta Demo Charge spam list and I've tried it myself, but honestly it suffers from three fatal flaws; firstly that deep striking in the 6'' sweet spot is suicide, and secondly that there's the potential to annihilate your own unit, and finally that they're too expensive to be practical.

I don't take Demo Charges anymore in my airborne Vet Squads, I just take 3 Plasmas and that does the job along with the Vendetta's fire most of the time while keeping it fairly cheap.

Footslogging the Demo Charge squads is never going to work unless your opponent is really off his knockers. Getting a small squad of GEQ with a large amount of firepower within 6'' of something that hasn't been misplaced on the side is going to be near impossible if he's competent.

I actually fine this list to be something that would be fun to play.